NEW REPORT: Sacrifice and Support
Released on Jan 11, the Food Bank’s
NYC Hunger Experience 2011: Sacrifice and Support details a startling new trend: middle-income and college-educated New Yorkers are concerned about affording food.
Weekly Roundup: State of the Union, Mayors Tackle Food Policy
In his third State of the Union address, President Obama warned the nation that the decades-old promise of a secure and rising middle class is under threat because of growing disparities between the rich and everyone else in America. In...
Weekly Roundup: Food Stamp Scrutiny, Obesity Rates Still High
Newt Gingrich's labeling of President Barack Obama as the "best food stamp president in American history" drew a sharp rebuke from the White House this week, underscoring how the federal food assistance program has again become a flashpoint in national...
Infectious Enthusiasm: A CookShop Teacher
By Kyle Smith,
Although this is only Daisy Carusillo’s second year implementing the Food Bank’s CookShop Classroom curriculum at PS 24 in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, she handles the job like an old pro.
I recently had the pleasure of seeing Daisy in...